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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
HE INDEPENDENT, ELIZABETH CITY N, C
1919
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ITHE LONGSHOREMEN The long
I STRIKE shoremen of
New York, the men employed in mov
ing freight from the wharves, number
about 22.000. About two weeks ago they
went on a strike to enforce a demand
of .$1 an hour for eight hours a doy.
ami .S2 an hour for overtime. Mayor
Ilylan of New York has made much ef
fort to secure an agreement by con
ference with the result that about a
thousand men have returned to work,
while the remainder are much more em
bittered than ever. On October 21 Sec
retary of War Baker sent 500 soldiers
to guard the piers so that freight be
longing to .the United States Govern-
iment might be moved. ' Under their pro
tection about (( men were at work on
J Jr. ft Monday. They are unable to move
I; -!:")." vessels tied up in New York har-
i .
bar. The President of the International
Longshoremen's Association, who has
only a partial following of his union has
iVrlared the strike ended, but the con
dition ?s now worse t.ian ever. The
great majority of the longshoremen re
i;ie to accent the 70 cents an hour as
proposed' by an adjustment board. On
October 27 there was a pitched battle
fought at one of the docks when 2.000
longshoremen attacked the workers at
one of the docks. Scores were injured
but no one was killed.
THE THREATENED The coal miners
COAL STRIKE in the bitumin
ous eoal miners of the United States
nv.mber more than -'O.POO men. They
nearly all work under an S hour day.
Their wages ranga from N-" to a
;v. More than one-third are aliens.
Vrirh on!v a few weeks" coal supply on
li-in.l these miners threaten to strike on
November 1. unless they are given a
sixtv neivent increase in wages, a five-
j day week, and a six hour day. or 80 hours
a week. These demands are said to
be "the most drastic ever made by work-
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j the cost of coal at the mines, and $50
! to n"!N to the coal bill of the average
H j family. But if the strike should become
Si ! effective the result would be the almost
It i complete tie-up of all American industry
of all transportation by railway and
steamship, and would leave rich and
ioor with.out fuel in the approaching
winter. In view of the seriousness of.
the situation the President's Cabinet met
on last Saturday and formulated a state
ment which the President signed nni
which was sent out under his authority.
This statement is important in show
' ing that the overnment is ready to re
; sort to drastic measures. Some of the
, more important paragraphs are these:
' "Pursuant to these instructions, the
,' officers of the organization have issued
i a call to make the strike effective Nov.
' 1. This is one of the gravest steps ever
' proposed in this country effecting the
: economics welfare and domestic com
j fort and health of the people. It is
i proposed to abrogate an agreement as
'; to wages which was made with the sanc-
tion of the United States Fuel Admin-
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istration and which was to run during
the continuance of the war, but not be
vond April 1, 1920.
"It is recognized that the strike wouiu
iirXctically shut off the country's fuel
supplv at a time when interference with
that supply is calculated to create a
.urfmna fuel famine. All interests
would be effected alike by a. strike of
this character, and its victims would
be not the rich only, but the poor and
needy as well, those least able to pro
Vide in advance a fuel supply for do
mestice use. It would involve the shut
ting down of countless industries and
the throwing out of employment f a
large part of the workers of the eoun
trv. It would involve stopping the op
eration of railroads, electric light and
gas plants, and the shipping to and
from this country.
-Tha wnntrv is confronted with this
prospect at a time when the war itself
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IS Still a iact. iieu mc v..
in suspense as to negotiations for peace,
when our troops are still being transport-
,i when their means or rraipu.t
are in urgent need of fuel.A "strike
under these circumstances is not onij
stifibale. it is unlawful.
"The action proposed has apparently
been taken without any vote upon the
specific proposition ' by the industry
members of the United Mine Workers of
America throughout the United States,
an almost unprecedented proceeding.
r feei convinced that individual
members of the United Mine "Workers
would no vote, upon full consideration,
in favor of such a strike under these
conditions.
I feel it my duty in the public in
terest to declare that any attempt to
carry tut the purposes of tUs strike and
thus to paralyze the industries of the
country, with the consequent suffering
and distress of all our people, must be
considered a grave moral and legal wrong
against the government and the people
of the United States. I can do nothing
less than to say that the law will be
enforced, and means will be found to
protect the interests of the nation in any
emergency -that may arise out of this un
happy business."
A provision
of the rail-
ucation as the most effective curb against
radicalism. His proposition to "give il
literate aliens a cha"nce to become good
American' citizens, and after that if they
don not do it they ought to be compelled
to leave the country." We suppose that ;
in this Mr. Kenyon will find much sup
port. In some way an alien ought to
be forced to learn to read and write the
English language; if he refuses to learn
send him back where he came from.
There is much force in this further sug
gestion of Senator Kenyon: -
"We should deal with an iron hand
with radicals. America will not tole
rate anarchy. It does not propose that
a few'hundred thousand anarchists shall
overthrow its government. There is no
place in America for the red f lag of an
archy.'' ROOSEVELT'S BIRTHDAY October
27. the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt
was celebrated with memorial' meetings
in many places in the country. The of
fice of the Interior Department at Wash
ington was closed between noon and two
o'clock, in order, as Secretary Lane said:
"to do honor to the, memory of Theo
dore Roosevelt, whose stalwart Ameri
canism is a national glory." On the day
before. King Albert of Belgium had plac
ed a wreath on Roosevelt's grave at
Oyster Bay. Secretary Iiane is right in
speaking of Mr. Roosevelt's "stalwart
Americanism." He got very impatient
with the dillydallying with Mexico, and
wanted to go down thre and clean out
the troubles and establish peace and
decency. But greatest of all he held tiie
conservative ,eleimmt in his party in de
termined hostility to German aggression
on the rights of our government and
Htizens. It is painful to contemplate
what might have happened if Mr. L,odge,
who is only a politician had then been
at the head of the Republican party
or had Mr. Hughes won out. as he would
have won out., had he lost the confi
dence of Mr. Roosevelt.
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THE PROPOSED ANTI
STRIKE LEGISLATION
road bill now pending in Congress would
make a strike by employees of the rail
roads unlawful. Against this organized
labor beginning with Mr. Samuel Gora
pers is up in arms. Mr. Timothy Shea
has given notice to Congress that the
Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen and
Engineers, of which he is acting presi
dent, would not obey the law. Probably
the result will be that the obnoxious
provision will be cut out of the rail
road bill. There are several important
questions involved in such legislation. In
the first place the general public as well
as the railroad owners and workers have
rights that should be recognized. It is
the public that has created the railroads?
it is the business of the public's that
keeps them going. It is the public that
suffers when rairoad traffic is interfered
with. It can hardly be denied that the
welfare of the public should not be put
into jeopardy by a hasty or ill-consider
ed railroad strike. It is true also that
any long continued railroad strike, would j
bring our industries to a standstill, and j
the people of our large cities to starva- j
tion. Hence a strike is unthinkable. But
l:bor consc'ous of the power mentioned
may demand extortionate wages, which it j
expects to get under the threat of a J
strike with the consequences I have in- ;
dicated. In this condition it does seems
that there ought to be some authorita
tive agencv that could see that labor and
capital get their dues while the general
public should be protected against the
threat of discontinued railway traffic, j
But in this selfish world a plan satis- ;
factory to all interests is hard to form, j
PRESENT STATE OF On October 22 1
PEACE TREATY the Senate!
Foreign Relations Committee adopted ten
reservations to the Peace Treaty. These
relate to withdrawal from the League,
the guaranteeing of the territorial in
tegrity of members of the League againsi
foreign aggression, the mandates over
weak nations, the Monroe Doctrine, and
domestic relations such as tariff and im
migration: the Shantung province of
China trade with Germany, etc. Most
significant of all as showing political bids
is one taking the appointment of repre
sentatives of the United States out of
the hands of the President and put
ting it in " the hands of Congress. But
most important of all is the preamble of
fered by Senator Lodge which provides
that the ratification of the Treaty "is
not to take effect or bind the United
States until the following reservations
and understandings have been accepted
o.s a part and a condition of said in
strument of ratification by at least three
of the four principal Allied and Asso
cited Powers to wit: Great Britain
France, Italy and Japan." This if adopt
ed, would be equivalent. '. a rejection
of the treaty by our Senate, for it is
certain that no three powers would ever
ratify the treaty with the reservation
proposed. Four other reservations have
since been adopted by- the committee.
THE PROHIBITION President Wilson
BILL vetoed the Pro
hibition Enforcement Bill, unexpectedly,
the report says. He gave as his reason
for refusing to sign that the bill in
cluded the enforcement of war-time pro
hibition. Within three hours the Houst
of Representatives had passed it over
the President's veto by a vote of 176 to
53. The vote was small. Of the North
Carolina members Pou voted to sustain
the President, while Brinson. Stedman,
Doughton and Weaver voted the other
way. The other five members from
North Carolina did not vote. The bill
now goes to the Senate and will probably
be disposed of before this is printed.
AMERICANIZING In order to Ameri
ALIENS canize the great
number of aliens in this country Senator
Kenyon has introduced a bill for co-operation
between the States and the Fed
eral government in educating them. He
said that he was astounded at the facts
gathered in the steel strike investigation
regarding alien illiteracy. He urged ed-
CURRITUCK NOTES
Currituck C. II.. Oct. 29. 1919 A
Halloween Party will be given at the
Psh School Friday night., Oct. 31, by
the school. An interesting program has
been arranged and refreshments will be
served. The public is invited.
Miss Erline Baxter is on the sick
list this week.
Mr. Carl Brumsey spent the week-end
in Norfolk.
Mr. Chesleigh Ballance of Marsh Point
.-pent Sunday here with relatives.
Mrs. E. R. Johnson has returned from
a visit to relatives in Raleigh. Her
daughter. Mrs. Jordan, of Raleigh, ac
companied her on her returm.
FOR BETTER EYES
Do you ever suffer from head-aches
nervousness! dizziness or nausea? If
so, no doubt you have eye trouble.
which should be attended to. Nor
are these all of the symptoms of weak
eyes. Blurred print when reading, dis
comfort in doing your near work, red
ness of the eyes and pains in the eyes
are also signs that your eyes need the
attention of a competent specialist.
In our examination we use several
methods by which we are able to de
tect any error of the eye. We exam
ine not only the refractive conditions
of the eye, but also muscles and the
interior of the eyes and do so by scien
tific methods which eliminates all
guess work.
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